PlayStation Store Update

PS3 Full Games

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Fatal Conspiracy ($19.99)

For the first time in the CSI game series, team up with the cast of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation not only to solve some of the most gruesome crimes of Sin City, but also to take down a dangerous drug cartel. Unveil clues in 5 connected cases to bring a powerful drug lord to justice in the most strategic and unpredictable CSI game yet!ESRB: M-Mature // File Size: 2.46 GB

PSN Games

Papo & Yo ($14.99)

Papo & Yo is a Puzzle-Platforming Adventure that follows the tale of a young boy named Quico and his best friend Monster, a huge beast with razor-sharp teeth and an addiction to poisonous frogs. The minute Monster eats a frog he goes into a violent rage that’s bad news for everyone around. And yet, Quico isn’t afraid to make a dangerous journey through a magical, constantly-changing world to find a cure for his best friend. This is their story…ESRB: E10+ – Everyone 10+ // File Size: 1.3 GB

PS2 Classics

Shinobi ($9.99)

Ignite the fiery vengeance of Hotsuma, the last of the Oboro clan. Scale walls and slash your way through the demon filled streets in post-apocalyptic Tokyo. But beware, you’ll have to keep your blood thirsty sword satisfied or suffer its deadly curse yourself.ESRB: M-Mature // File Size: 1.24 GB

Apps

Crackle (Canada Only)

Watch free movies & TV series on PlayStation. Crackle delivers full-length, uncut Hollywood movies and TV series – all free and on demand. Watch hundreds of movies and thousands of TV episodes in the genres you care about most: Action, anime, comedy, crime, horror, thriller and sci-fi. US users: Crackle is also optimized to be viewed via the PS3 Web Browser.

YouTube (US Only)

PlayStation Store Highlights

Our PSN PLAY promotion is coming to an end with one of the most beloved classics of all time: Counter Strike. CS: Global Offensive is available for pre-order for $14.99 or $11.99 for PlayStation Plus members. Those who pre-order receive a static theme, and the more PSN PLAY opportunities you take advantage of, the more credit you’ll receive to use on other items in the PlayStation Store.

Papo & Yo, last week’s PSN PLAY game, is now available on the PlayStation Store. A fantasy adventure game, Papo & Yo has been lauded for its emotional subject matter and puzzle-centric gameplay. If you’re curious about this indie darling, there’s a free demo available, so you can try before you buy.

The PlayStation Plus Instant Game Collection is getting a boost this week with both Outland and BloodRayne: Betrayal joining the lineup. Outland, the critically acclaimed PSN title from Ubisoft, is a 2D platformer with stunning visuals. The bloody side-scroller BloodRayne: Betrayal was a part of last year’s PSN PLAY catalogue, but if you missed out on snagging it then, you have a second chance. In addition to the free games, Plus members also get a 20% discount on Papo & Yo along with a full game trial of CSI: Fatal Conspiracy.

Finally, if you’re eager for the football season to begin you can try out EA’s Madden NFL 13 before it hits stores on August 28th and if you like it, you can also pre-order it.

Madden NFL 13 is all-new from boot up to credits. Every mode, every screen, every pixel has been reinvented delivering the most innovative, connected, and authentic Madden NFL experience in franchise history.ESRB: E10+ – Everyone 10+

Game Demos (Free)

Papo & Yo (PS3)

Papo & Yo is a Puzzle-Platforming Adventure that follows the tale of a young boy named Quico and his best friend Monster, a huge beast with razor-sharp teeth and an addiction to poisonous frogs. The minute Monster eats a frog he goes into a violent rage that’s bad news for everyone around. And yet, Quico isn’t afraid to make a dangerous journey through a magical, constantly-changing world to find a cure for his best friend. This is their story…ESRB: E10+ – Everyone 10+ // File Size: 1.3 GB

Madden NFL 13 (PS3 & PS Vita)

Madden NFL 13 is all-new from boot up to credits. Every mode, every screen, every pixel has been reinvented delivering the most innovative, connected, and authentic Madden NFL experience in franchise history.ESRB: E10+ – Everyone 10+ // File Size: 2.06 GB, 1.47 GB

Sales

Burgertime World Tour – PSN Game (now: $6.99 original price: $9.99)

Magic Orbz – PSN Game (now: $4.99 original price: $9.99)

DC Universe Online Sale

The Last Laugh – PS3 Full Game DLC (now $4.99, original price $9.99)

Fight For the Light – PS3 Full Game DLC (now $4.99, original price $9.99)

PS3 Add-ons

Sleeping Dogs

Top Dog Silver Pack ($1.99) – Want to earn respect fast and be a Top Dog? This pack will upgrade your character with an instant boost to their Triad, Face and Cop levels and reward them with new abilities.

Retro Triad Pack ($1.99) – Go old school with a killer look and ride straight out of the 80’s. Items come with their own buffs.

Quantum Conundrum

The Desmond Debacle ($2.99) – Power up your Inter-Dimensional Shift Device and get ready for a brand new adventure in an unexplored wing of Quadwrangle Manor. Experience Desmond, the drinking bird, as you’ve never seen him before in even more brain twisting and complex puzzles! The Desmond Debacle provides hours of inter-dimensional puzzle solving.

LittleBigPlanet 2

Please Note: You must have LittleBigPlanet 2 in order to download and utilize these costumes.

Real Steel

Value Pack #2 ($9.99) – Here’s your chance to purchase 2 full sets of robot parts for the price of 1! This pack includes the “ERGO Lv.5 Full Parts Set”, known for its quick power charge recovery, and the “ULTRATECH Lv.5 Full Parts Set”, which prides itself on having high defense capabilities.

Rocksmith

Bass Expansion ($29.99) – Download the Bass Expansion now to start learning to play the Bass today! Bass arrangements have been added to all of the supported in-game tracks and previously released DLC tracks. Even without a Bass, you can use any 6-string guitar to emulate a 4-string bass. We’ve also added brand new bass gear and authentic tones accessible in the AMP menu.

Saints Row: The Third

Unlockable Pack ($1.99) – The Unlockable Pack gives access to all unlockable items, upgrades and bonuses that weren’t chosen during normal gameplay. Now you can have it all!

4th Extra Character ($2.49) – Hark! Allies that will share in your joys and sorrows have come in droves! Now, it is time to overcome adversity together!

Bonus Point Pack 9 ($5.99) – Thank you once again for your appalling lack of self-control when it comes to spending money. Today we have prepared a heaping helping of party points just for you. Includes 15,000PP. These points can be shared amongst your entire party. Spread the wealth, create a single superhero, or shower them upon a beloved character; it’s entirely up to you.

Persona 4 Arena

Challenge No. 30 Demonstration ($0.00) – The demonstration of a solution to Challenge No. 30 in Challenge Mode becomes unlocked for all characters. NOTE: This is automatically unlocked for individual characters upon completing their Challenge No. 30.

SingStar

South Pacific Song Pack ($6.99) – This pack includes tunes from the musical, “South Pacific.” Songs included are: I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair, Happy Talk, Some Enchanted Evening, There is Nothing Like a Dame and I’m in Love With a Wonderful Guy.

Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception

Various Multiplayer Items ($0.49-$0.99) – Tired of using the same old Drake in multiplayer? If you’re looking for something to differentiate yourself, Naughty Dog has provided a plethora of skins & hats so you can do just that.

Warriors Orochi 3

Stage Pack 6 ($2.99) – New stages will be available for selection under Select Battlefield. In-game music tracks are also included. New stages: The Rise of Kiyomori 1, The Rise of Kiyomori 2, Defense of Itsukushima, Monkey Hunt, Speed is of the Essence. Additional music: 9 additional tracks will be available.

Stage Pack 7 ($1.99) – New stages will be available for selection under Select Battlefield. New stages: Talent Acquisition, The Search for Liu Shan, Testing Times, Heroes of Luoyang.

Samurai Disguises 1 ($4.99) – Special costumes will be available for selection for the 15 characters under Samurai 1, in which they are dressed up as other characters. How to use: At Select Team, choose any of the 15 characters and select Change Costume.

Samurai Disguises 2 ($4.99) – Special costumes will be available for selection for the 14 characters under Samurai 2, in which they are dressed up as other characters. How to use: At Select Team, choose any of the 14 characters and select Change Costume.

Samurai Disguises 3 ($4.99) – Special costumes will be available for selection for the 14 characters under Samurai 3, in which they are dressed up as other characters. How to use: At Select Team, choose any of the 14 characters and select Change Costume.

Original Wallpapers ($3.99) – Newly designed wallpapers will be available. How to use: Select Wallpaper in the Gallery.

BGM Pack 4 ($1.99) – New music will be available for selection at previously cleared stages. How to use: Select a stage that you have already cleared. At the loading screen, choose Select Music. Additional music: FUSION!!!, LIMPID LUSTER.

Build your Rock Band library by purchasing song game tracks. For music credits, visit www.RockBand.com.

PS3 Themes

Wallpapers

Lights, Camera, Party! Wallpaper ($0.00)

Available In-Game Only (Not on PlayStation Store)

Touch My Katamari

Download Request #9: The Great Journey ($0.00) – This will be a great journey. You need 10 Fan Damacys to unlock this request. (Shut down “Touch My Katamari” and reboot the game after downloading to install the Download Request. The Downloaded Request will be available by unlocking it with a set number of Fan Damacys. Access the Download Request through Hidden Katamari fan on the right side of the King’s Head).

Rock Band 3

Sorry I can’t give you any money this week, Sony. But thank you for Outland, Madden 13 demo, and YouTube app. And congrats on a great Gamescon. Tear Away and AC Liberation are making me consider the Vita again.

Crackle App only for Canada? Really? Please say it’s coming to the U.S. PSN store soon as well. Grrrrr!!
Using it on the Internet Browser on the XMB is horrible!!! But thanks for the YouTube App, as that was horrible on the Internet Browser as well. Speaking of Internet Browser. Any chance making that any better?? :)

Why does it take forever to get game videos up on the store? Whether it’s a trailer or a gameplay video. On top of that, why does it take even longer, or never, for the video to be put up on the Vita store. I like watching stuff on my Vita sometimes, a lot more than my PS3.

Hooray! More Malicious avatars. Will we get to download the OST for Malicious? I’ve seen the Japanese PSN store had the songs for download. If not,that’s fine. I really like the music from that game :)

Great update this week. I was wondering when YouTube was coming to PS3 and I see it’s already here. Yay!!! PS3 for the win for the week…..yes…..yes….yes!!!! Thank you Sony for a great update. Now I’ll play some Madden and YouTube videos too. Sony still Rules!!!!

EVERYONE, including big corporations make mistakes ALL the time no matter how big and small. No need to be calling Sony a LIAR over it, just because you have very little patience for a Demo of all things! lol

How quickly love turns to hate! I was really looking forward to the youtube app in Canada. I thought it said available in north america, not US. It’s great that we’re getting crackle, but I don’t even know if Crackle is any good. I’d rather have youtube. Is there going to be a youtube app available in canada in the future? If so, then it won’t be so bad to wait a bit as long as we are getting it. I do feel like the rest of people like we were lied to. But oh well, that’s life I guess.

It’s probably the usual politics from the CRTC – the governing body for all things entertainment in Canada. They control everything we read, watch and listen to up here and block out whatever content they see fit.

They’re also in bed with our “Big 3” media conglomerates up here, Bell, Rogers and Telus. If any one of those 3 feel that there is content on YouTube that takes away from Canadians being forced to watch that same content on CBC, CTV or City TV, they block it.

If I’m watching an American station like CBS and want to watch the Super Bowl, the feed automatically switches to a CRTC-certified, Canadian-ized version of the show with commercials advertising Canadian products instead of the awesome US commercials. It sucks but it’s what we have to deal with. This is also why the IGN app on Xbox Live is available in the US and not Canada as well.

so not bad all in all but certainly not that great, um really stupid question, morgan or whoever if ur a ps+ member how do u get into the dust 514 beta- there seems to be no information about that at all.

First, is there something wrong with the store? I was able to access it a second ago to start the download for Bloodrayne, but now it says it is “currently undergoing maintenance”. Any idea how long?

Also, to Morgan Haro, you told someone on page 1, Comment 11 that themes and avatars would be returning soon. The same thing was said 3 months ago (though when I asked, I got no response), and we still haven’t really seen anything. Any idea when they are returning?

Is anyone else not able to access the store? Says the “service is undergoing maintenance” I was able to download crackle but after checking it out and then trying to go back to the store to download the plus freebies I’m met with that message :S

Just wanted to let you know I really been appreciating the PS+ updates you guys have been putting out a lot and have also been enjoying the store updates quite a bit. I saw yesterdays post and a lot of people seemed to be blowing up over things that really in the end wont matter that much. So, I just wanted to let you guys know I appreciate what you doing and to please keep it up. Thanks for working to making gaming best for the gamers!

If ANYONE is having freezing issues on the PS3 for Youtube App, might be your internet connection, because mine isn’t freezing AT ALL. Try disconnecting your modem and or router. Or make sure you have the latest firmware update on your PS3. Or just try shutting it off and back on again. Don’t have to be a Tech genius to try the obvious first!